There's a saying that "only the good die young" which applies to Java GC. If your Instants and Strings are really short lived then the GC for those is nearly f

There's a saying that "only the good die young" which applies to Java GC. If your Instants and Strings are really short lived then the GC for those is nearly free. For your workload are these objects living on the heap for long enough to be promoted beyond the young generation?